Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e1e62aeea2190b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:45:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a9a50a2d0b3fe9b97735b64f1de8a9df SHA-1: b9878bdd895cfb4ba8274535ea82f896eb1a7c09 SHA-256: 4e1e62aeea2190b8ecb8afb41b3a3d14922abe279f4dfdc4bbcd17823b279584
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, under the guise of a charity receipt or invoice. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=charity+receipt+template PDF link annotation
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0668488286---39591179588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/9760819637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/so1orhmh4a2ivahrdeegeugo73/lovotagelubuwuxiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c11bf316f3745f3ac0043acb7d1942/72064858580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/48517547178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a65e36245---38778665709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609892a006684---91089566540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819b1a04f10---10228612157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defdcb084ce2e3d109ed25375880f9aa/rilulotubibelofimomakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac41136be8d---fuxaxeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dee519a3d738dc999260d7e3e45eae62/62099681421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/43787989651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f061ce04b3ba3aaed39e6780c728d7/fupewebufipapova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee3a17b4dadb50a25f75700e85ff514c/19913375216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb251ee82c---vugodujagamimidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/279583b7121d25ad2b62b71d22e67c9b/95894934976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b08cae5b2f---kipinerame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/rirujomivoboxawonukufowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a076c646c8c---48153293001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b791dde95---rapumajipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/62837579055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klcb8c8p7s8dae9ln2hmautlp3/47844653309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/wirokefareromijabedopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/zebedema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/suwumoleninajodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/gobuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/775c75705ce878dc5f2e184db62e0daf/gaxasuvamuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E8 10392 bytes
SHA-256: fb5f926a7fd495ba40aa4ceb97fee18e9ab62a852e8091b1ae7733e8919e9818
font_01_sfnt_off0001096f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096F 17688 bytes
SHA-256: 7091f25d85527f4261a6e6a45b39729c6af71f75a9fc20721fd67c91417559f4
font_02_sfnt_off0001373a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1373A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1